Historiated initials.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Initials containing scenes or figures germane to the text.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Miniatures and historiated initials, chiefly cut from service books., 14th century-early 16th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25243
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Miniature of the baptism of Christ in an architectural setting, cut from a choir-book possibly from eastern Europe, ?14th century (number 1);
(ii) Scene of knights cut from a French prose romance, 14th century (number 2);
(iii) Two leaves from a Book of Hours, northern France, 15th century (numbers 3-4). The miniatures depict the raising of Lazarus from the Office of the Dead, and St James the Great from the Suffrages.
(iv) Miniatures and initials cut from...
Dates:
14th century-early 16th century.